Ep 101 - Where Are the Girls?

About this episode

The episode discusses the underrepresentation of women and non-binary individuals in communist spaces, exploring barriers to participation and retention.

Where Are the Girls?! In honor of International Working Women's Day, Rae is joined by several girls (and girls adjacent) to ask and answer a question that weighs heavily on left spaces: Where are the girls?! Why are so many communist spaces male dominated, what are the impediments to getting women and people of other genders to join, and once they've joined, are there specific considerations that make it difficult for them to stay? Joining Rae are Pame Ledesma of Y Las Palabras and correspondent of Means Morning News, Lenore and Jen Big Nasty of Workers' Lit and How the Red Was Won, Revolutionary Th0t, and Princess Marx. And don't forget to head over to Patreon.com/ProlesPod for the bonus episode Slumber Party Edition.

People in this episode

Host: Rae

Guests: Pame Ledesma, Lenore, Jen Big Nasty, Revolutionary Th0t, Princess Marx

Topics covered

• gender representation
• communism
• women in politics
• leftist spaces
• International Working Women's Day

Keywords

• women
• communism
• gender
• leftist politics
• working women
• representation
• barriers to entry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Y Las Palabras, Means Morning News, Workers' Lit, How the Red Was Won

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